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Andrew RT Davies: Wales’ place is at the heart of the Union
Article written by Andrew RT Davies - Leader of the Welsh Conservatives: In recent months we’ve heard a lot about the constitution and a lot about the future of the Union. It won't come as a surprise to many but I’m a proud Welshman, Unionist and Conservative. I...
No dither or delay: Why Wales needs an election in May
Article Written by Darren Millar MS - Welsh Conservative Chief Whip and Shadow Minister for External Affairs and International Relations: The events of last week have reinforced in us all the importance of respect for democracy. It has reminded us all how precious the...
Mark Reckless MS – We can not let the Welsh Government use Covid-19 as an excuse to state-build
Since the emergence of COVID-19 I have generally voted against restrictions. I would also like to see a UK-led approach.I am only open to considering serious deprivation of liberty when it is to flatten the curve and prevent the NHS being completely overwhelmed. We...
Professor Kent Matthews – The Microeconomic and Macroeconomic consequences of lockdown
Article written by Professor Kent Matthews - Cardiff University: Professor Bob Lucas, Nobel laureate and father of the New Classical Macroeconomics school, famously quipped, ‘we are all Keynesians in the foxhole’. This is the only way to understand the policy response...
Cllr Tom Parkhill – Tier 4: Is it justified in Wales?
Written by Tom Parkhill Cardiff Councillor for Llanishen and Thornhill: There was widespread dismay across Wales on Saturday as Mark Drakeford announced that the five day Christmas relaxation of restrictions would be cancelled, and the whole of Wales would enter the...
I am here to advocate for free markets and a free society
Article written by Dr Juan D. Anzola, Senior Research Associate at the CWS: 2020 has been a rollercoaster for all of us. Little from our personal, professional and social lives seems to have been left untouched. The Covid-19 pandemic, in particular, has confronted us...
Wales now more than ever needs a jobs first agenda
Written by CWS Chief Operations Officer Edward Sumner: Since the start of the pandemic we have seen Governments struggle to adapt to the everchanging situation and struggled even more trying to balance the risk to public health and the risk to the economy. Governments...
Tax doesn’t have to be taxing
Article written by Dr Tomos Dafydd Davies, Deputy Chairman, Welsh Conservative Party: Tax doesn’t have to be taxing, or so claimed the man from the Inland Revenue in that famous TV campaign at the start of the noughties. And nor should it be for the authors of the...
The consent of the people is needed during the Covid-19 pandemic
Article written by CWS Board Adviser Adrian Mason who is a constitutional lawyer: You often hear people saying that the UK does not have a written Constitution. That of course is nonsense. Whilst it is true that we do not have a Constitution written within one...